THE RED TIGER-CAT. 137 



latter of which it is a most destructive enemy in the breeding- 

 season. When obtained young, the Serval can be tamed with 

 little trouble, and makes an exceedingly beautiful and docile 

 pet ; but it is at first difficult to rear, and even in a state of 

 domestication always bears a singular and most unaccountable 

 aversion to black men, its otherwise even temper being at once 

 aroused at the appearance of a native. When in anger, it is by 

 no means a despicable antagonist, and very few Dogs will en- 

 gage in a combat with it single-handed." Like the majority of 

 the Felidce, the Serval is a completely nocturnal animal. To 

 the Dutch it is known as the Teg?-ee Cat, while by the natives 

 of Bechuanaland it is termed Tali. 



XIX. THE TOGO SERVAL. FELIS TOGOENSIS. 



Felts {Serval) togoensis, Matschie, S.B. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 1893, 



p. 109. 

 Felt's togoensis, Matschie, M.T. deutsch. Schutz. vol. vi. art. 3, 

 p. 10 (1893). 



Characters. — This form is described as of the size of a Wolf, 

 with the upright black ears marked by a white spot on the 

 backs. Tail one-third the length of the body. Upper-parts 

 reddish-yellow ; the back marked with from five to seven rows 

 of dark streaks broken up more or less into spots, and some- 

 times seven rows of blacker and smaller spots on the flanks. 

 Fore-limbs with small, and hind-limbs with larger spots. English 

 naturalists have not yet ha.d an opportunity of comparing this 

 form with the Common Serval. 



Distribution. — Togo-land, West Africa. 



XX. THE RED TIGER-CAT. FELIS CHRYSOTHRIX. 



Fills chrysothrtx, Temminck, Monogr. Mamm. vol. i. p. 251 

 (1827); Elliot, Monograph of Felidse, pi. xxiv. (1878-83); 

 Mivart, The Cat, p. 406 (1881); Matschie, M.T. deutsch. 

 Schutz. vol. vi. art. 3, p. 10 (1893). 



